Thanks, I just saw some strange behavior for ConditionalExpression and it made me wonder, so I'll think more carefully about my integral. I'll accept your answer after the timer allows me to.
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user11959Jan 26 '14 at 1:15

"However, x > 0 is sufficient and (in Mathematica) implies that x is also real." Hmm, I'm wondering if this is a little dangerous?
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user11959Jan 26 '14 at 1:16

@user11959 Not Norm, but Abs, in this case. The idea is that comparisons don't make sense for complex number. As soon as you use a comparison, Mathematica assumed that the associated variable is real. Yes, this is a peculiarity of Mathematica that you need to be aware of and not something immediately obvious.
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SzabolcsJan 26 '14 at 1:24

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@Szabolcs I can see why it makes sense, but I'm glad to have been explicitly told about it all the same, thanks for that.
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user11959Jan 26 '14 at 1:27

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